Charles-[walks up to two men near construction site] I'm here to fill a position.
Harry-Fine, what's the name?
Charles-Charles.
Joe-OK, where are you from?
Charles-Next town over.
Harry-Don't talk too much, do you?
Charles-I just don't like answering questions.
Joe-Fine, fine, OK, so...
Harry-Wait, it's almost noon.
Charles-What happens at noon?
Richard Cory-[walks in] Good morning.
Harry-Good morning, Richard.
Joe-Morning.
Richard-New guy?
Charles-Sure.
Richard-Well...OK then...I need to go now. [walks out]
Charles-Who was that?
Joe-Richard Cory. Rich guy that's supposed to have stolen his father's fortune.
Charles-Sounds like a jerk.
Harry-That jerk pretty much pays our paychecks.
Joe-So it's better you just pretend to like him.
Scene 2
[Charles goes to stay at a hotel until he gets a place to stay.]
Room Service Guy-OK, so, you wanted the pizza with onions?
Charles-Not even close.
RSG-Oh...Uh...I'll just take this back, then.
Charles-Hey, wait. Who's this Richard Cory guy?
RSG-He's the rich guy that lives on the hill. He pretty much runs the whole town.
Charles-Hostile takeover?
RSG-Uh...A little bit. He ran off when he was young. His father worried that he had a heart attack and died. He came back and took the money.
Charles-So, almost murder?
RSG-If you want to think that. Do you want your pizza or not?
Charles-Yeah, sure. But no onions!
Scene 3
[Charles walks out of the hotel’s lobby onto the street and sees a bunch of people huddled down the street]
Charles-[walks over there] What’s going on?
Harry-They’re saying Mr. Cory killed himself.
Charles-Why would he do that? He’s got all the money in the world.
Joe-I guess he was guilty about how he got the money.
Charles-So the stories about him giving his father a heart attack are true?
Joe-Hey, that’s just a guess. Nobody’s sure if that’s really how he got it.
Harry-Well, I don’t know, but I think that’s why he did it.
Charles-What did he do?
RSG-He put a bullet through his head.
Charles-So, he’s really gone, then?
Harry-We’ve been telling you that.
Joe-What do we do with his money?
RSG-The town takes it. He never made a will. It’ll go toward making our jobs easier.
Charles-Oh well then. Back to work.
[crowd scatters as body is carried out]
Scene 1
Charles-[walks up to two men near construction site] I'm here to fill a position.
Harry-Fine, what's the name?
Charles-Charles.
Joe-OK, where are you from?
Charles-Next town over.
Harry-Don't talk too much, do you?
Charles-I just don't like answering questions.
Joe-Fine, fine, OK, so...
Harry-Wait, it's almost noon.
Charles-What happens at noon?
Richard Cory-[walks in] Good morning.
Harry-Good morning, Richard.
Joe-Morning.
Richard-New guy?
Charles-Sure.
Richard-Well...OK then...I need to go now. [walks out]
Charles-Who was that?
Joe-Richard Cory. Rich guy that's supposed to have stolen his father's fortune.
Charles-Sounds like a jerk.
Harry-That jerk pretty much pays our paychecks.
Joe-So it's better you just pretend to like him.
Scene 2
[Charles goes to stay at a hotel until he gets a place to stay.]
Room Service Guy-OK, so, you wanted the pizza with onions?
Charles-Not even close.
RSG-Oh...Uh...I'll just take this back, then.
Charles-Hey, wait. Who's this Richard Cory guy?
RSG-He's the rich guy that lives on the hill. He pretty much runs the whole town.
Charles-Hostile takeover?
RSG-Uh...A little bit. He ran off when he was young. His father worried that he had a heart attack and died. He came back and took the money.
Charles-So, almost murder?
RSG-If you want to think that. Do you want your pizza or not?
Charles-Yeah, sure. But no onions!
Scene 3
[Charles walks out of the hotel’s lobby onto the street and sees a bunch of people huddled down the street]
Charles-[walks over there] What’s going on?
Harry-They’re saying Mr. Cory killed himself.
Charles-Why would he do that? He’s got all the money in the world.
Joe-I guess he was guilty about how he got the money.
Charles-So the stories about him giving his father a heart attack are true?
Joe-Hey, that’s just a guess. Nobody’s sure if that’s really how he got it.
Harry-Well, I don’t know, but I think that’s why he did it.
Charles-What did he do?
RSG-He put a bullet through his head.
Charles-So, he’s really gone, then?
Harry-We’ve been telling you that.
Joe-What do we do with his money?
RSG-The town takes it. He never made a will. It’ll go toward making our jobs easier.
Charles-Oh well then. Back to work.
[crowd scatters as body is carried out]